Ohio Concealed Gun Bill

A bill to allow citizens to carry concealed guns in Ohio was approved by bipartisan vote out of a State Senate committee The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting. Governor Taft has expressed satisfaction with the current content of the bill.

Interestingly, the article describes the bill as containing one curiously contradictory provision whereby guns in cars must be ". . . holstered in plain sight." How is that concealed? Also, if any passerby can see the gun, would that not give rise to unintended consequences?

Opposition to the bill appears to come primarily from groups that consider this to be the first step in requiring registration of gun owners.